Samarra
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Samarra is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, 125 kilometers north of Baghdad. Due to the presence of Al-Askari Shrine, the city is considered a holy
صوره في اجواء مطريه للمأذنه الملويه في سامراء العراق
ملوية ابي دلف في سامرا
Al Askari shrine and mosque, 1976
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Great Mosque of Samarra
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The Great Mosque of Samarra or Al-Malwiya Mosque is a former congregational mosque, now in partial ruins, in Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq. The mosque was commissioned in 848 CE and comp
Samarra
…city was further developed under Caliph al-Mutawakkil, who sponsored the construction of lavish palace complexes, such as al-Mutawakkiliyya, and the Great Mosque of Samarra with its famous spiral minaret or Malwiya, built-in 847. For his son al-Mu'tazz he built the large palace Bulkuwara. The Nestorian patriarch Sargis…
The minaret and wall of the former mosque
Full aerial view of the mosque, with Al-Askari Shrine in the background
The Malawiyya minaret, standing on the north side of the mosque
Side view of a wall